Improved anchor



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Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,688, dated August 29,1665.y

To all 'whomit may concern: arms; c c, the horns which catch against thehave invented an Improved Anchor, of which to receive an eye at the endof the shank. This ving horns, one horn beinfr on eachside ot' eachground. .lhe slotted or central partof the arms 'attached a buoy-rope,whereby the palms ot' Charing Cross, county of Middlesex, England, Fig.2 represents the anchor in side elevaticn,and showing the palms d ashaving turned down and entered the ground untilthe end or shoulder ot'the slotted joint b* is brought up by the stop 'e at lthe end of theshank. The same result would ensue had ,thev anchor falleon the reverseside. l

Fig. 3 is aside elevatioi" representing the anchor with the parts in aninoperative state, or as they would be when the anchor is lying on theships deck or out of use. rI his figure also shows the position of thehorns c c on the arms b b, and the -manner inv which the horns directthe palms Aor ends of the arms b b into Be it known 'that I, EDWARDSNELL, of 31 ground and turn the palms d d into the ground.

the following is a specification.

My invention ot' improvements in the construction of anchors has for itsobject to give grealerholdin gpower than heretofore, and also todispense with the ordinary cross-stock or sector of anchors, so that theanchor, when not in use, may bestowed awayipore conveniently thananchors of the ordinary kind.

By the peculiar mode of constructing the anchor the palms willhe made tocatch against and enter the ground with greater certainty thanheretofore, and will hold withgreater tenacity. t In carrying outinyinvention the cross-arms which carry the palms extend on each side ofthe shank, and the central. part of the said cross-arnisis cut out,forged, or slotted, so as Ibuoy-rope is attached.

center-pin g, on which' the arms .turn an eye is made of great strength,and'l'the arms are of the anchor.

connected to it by a strong-pin, which passes through but allows thearms to turn onit as on a center. The' arms are bent round into aposition parallel with the shank, which is formed with two projectingshoulders or blocks, against which corresponding shoulders 'on thecentral part of the cross-arms are made to bear when the palms areholding in the ground. The arms are also provided ou each side, near theangle or bent part, with a pair of projectthat whichever wav the anchorfalls onto" the ground the two points of the4 horns c c must restthereon, and upon any strain being put upon the shank a having atendency to drawY catch in the ground and turn the -palms or .points ofthe arms downward, as indicated by the dotted lines, until the armsarebrou ghtinto the position shown iii vFig. 2,'whcn` the side orshoulder of the slotted eye or joint b* will be of the arms, so that inwhichever waythe anbrought against the shoulder orv stope of thc chormay be dropped culo the ground two of the horns will rest thereon andcause the ends of the palms to be pointed downward, so as to insuretheir catching into and holding in the.

Von her anchor; that the anchor has double the holding power ot' anordinary anchor of the same weight, and that no sector or crosssteck isprovided with a shackle oi ring, to which is the anchor may be drawn outbackward when the anchor, i'roin catching in rocks, sunken wreck, ships7iiiooiings, or other obstructions, cannot be weighted in the usualmanner.

. anchor ot the ordinary construction, and great In theaccompanyingdrawiugs,h`gure lnep facility is given for withdrawing theanchor resents one oi' iny double-grip anchors in plan from foul ground,sunken wreck, ships7 mooi`- as it would he on the ground before thepalms ings, or other obstructions, as such withdrawal enter the ground.a is the shank; b b, the of the anchor v may be ,effected by underruntheground. fis a small shackle, to which the' y Fig. tis a cross-sectiontaken through the' slotted eye o'f the arms b b, and showing thevwhereby they are connected with'the shank a It will be seen onreferringto the drawings'4 the anchor along the. bottom, the horns will shank,and the armslwill be" revented from v not liable to injure her bottom bvgrounding'` will be necessary. Consequently the anchor'l will requiremuch less room for storage than an ning the/cable, there being` no stockto prevent the ropefroin reachingv the arms, or by hauling 0n thebuoy-iope,:nnl thnx drawing,r the anchor ontlmckward.

Having now described in y invention ot' iinprovements in thcconstrnctionot`n11chors,und having explained the manner -ot' carryingvthe some intoeffect, fI claim as the invention sccured to me by Letters Patent; asaforesaid- The adaptation to the inovablenrins ofdonhlcgrip anchors offour horns, which canse the :in cher t0 lie on the ground inthe rightposition and compel the palms or ends ol' the :mns to enter or'ncnctmtcthe ground and take hold at once, the dispensing' with a stock orsector, fron ty holding,l power,` lightness, facility ot'stowngc,non-liability to foul, :1nd facility 0l' withdrawal from foul ground et'obstructions, as llcrejn set forth. l

London, 13th .lnnunry, '1865.

now. SNELL.

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(l. F. Hummm', F. W. JlAws, Bof/z QI''O. i7 Graccczmc/i Street, London,E. U.

